rrifliOl'VS (MGAXTKCS GIGAXTEIP. 331 



Biiffon) V. p. 46 (1806 : Bengal) ; Ti'mminvk, Mon. Manim. ii. 

 p. 01 (1837: India; Ceylon); Warpier, Schreber's Sou;/., Suppl. 

 i. p. .'545 (pt.) (1839: Calcutta; Poudichery ; Deccan ; Ceylon); 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 95 (1842) ; Leison, K. Tabl. JR. An., 

 M'nmm. p. 12. no. 169 (1842: Calcutta: Maharashtra; Pondi- 

 Hierv; Cevlon) ; Gray, List Mami),. B. M. p. 36 (pt.) (1843 : 

 Madras) ; " Bhith, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 176 (pt.) (1843 : Travancore ; 

 Madras) ; Schinz, St/st. Verz. Sang. i. p. 121 (pt.) (1844: India; 

 Cevlon); Oray, List Ost. Specim.-^. li) ({Q-il : Madras; Beng-al) ; 

 E.'T)esmare.'>t, 'Did. Univ. d'llist. Aa(. xi. p. 247* (pt.) (1848: 

 Calcutta; Pondicherv) ; Gray, Zool. ^ Saviarcivy,' Vert. p. 11 

 (pt.) (1849: India; 'Cevlon) ; HorsfeJd, Cut. Mawm. Mns. 

 E. huh Co. p. 28 (1851 :' India) ; Kclanrt, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 156 

 (1851: Ceylon); id., Prndr. F. Zeylnn. p. 27 (1852: Ceylon); 

 Wttfiner, Schreher^s Sciug., Svppl. v. p. 595 (pt.) (1853-55: India; 

 (/eylon) : Gervfii.s, Hist. Nat. Mamm. i. p. 188 (1854: India); 

 Tytler, Ann. Sj- Mag. N. H. (2) xiii. p. 376 (1854 : Barraciipore, 

 ^'. of Calcutta) ; Giehel, Sdug. p. 995 (pt.) (1855 : India ; Ceylon) ; 

 Schlegvl, Diei'kmide, i. p. 53 (1857 : India) ; Leith Adams, 

 P. Z. S. 1858. p. 512 (1859 : Poonah, Deccan ; habits) ; Tennent, 

 Ceylon, i. p.' 135 (1859: habit.'"); id., Nat. Hist. Ceylon, p. 14 

 (1861: Ceylon; habits); Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. 

 p. 55 (pt.) (1862 : Madras; Beufjal) : Day,Ijand of the Pernmuls, 

 p. 4S9* (1863: habits); Blyth, Cat. 'Mamm. 'Mus. As. Soc. 

 p. 20 (1863: Calcutta); Gielel, Zcitschr. ges. Naturiv. xxviii. 

 p. 251 (1866 : skull); Jerdon, 31amm. India, p. 18 (pt.) (1867 : 

 India; Ceylon; habits) ; Ali.r, Btill. Sue. Philoni. Paris, (6) iv. 

 p. 127 (1867: myology); Cooke, Juurn. Qvekett Micr. CI. i. 

 pp. 6, 55, pi. i. iig. 2 (1868-69: structure of hairs) ; Httniphry, 

 Janrn. Anat. P/iys. iii. pp. 294-319, pis. vi.-vii. (It69: myology 

 of limbs); India^i Sport.'rnan \A. C. Macmaster^ Notes on 

 Jerdon's Mamm. India, p. 6 (1870: habits); Ilutlon, P. Z. S. 

 1872, p. 691 (Neemuch, W. India) : Marchi, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. 

 Nat. XV. p. 515*, pi. viii. fig. 1 (1872-73: structure of hairs); 

 Giehel, Bronn's Thiei-r. vi. Abtli. 5, Lief. 1, pi. vi. ligs. 9, 10 

 '1874: sLuU): Aithcn, J. Bombay N. II. Soc. i. p. 144 (1888: 

 Belapur, nr. Panvel ; habits) ; Gerstiicher, Skclet d. HHqlinys, 

 p. 13 (1887: vrtebral column); Herzfeldt, Zool. Jahrb.,' Aiiat. 

 iii. pt. 3, pp. 556 et seq. (1888: Jacobfon's organ); Brehm, 

 Tierleben, 3 ed. i. p. 344 (pt.) (1890 : habits) ; Elliot, Cat. Mamm. 

 Field Col. Mus. p. 490 (1907 : Ceylon). 



Pteropus edvvardsi rel nediiis, Slerndale, Mamm. India, p. 37, c.fig. 

 (" iiying- fox at home "') (1884 : India; Ceylon; habits). 



I'teroptis [sp.j, Anonymous, P. Z. S. 1843, p. !J6 (Ceylon). 



Pteropus edulis (nee E. Geoff.). Tiehell, Calcutta Joiirv. N. H. iii. 

 p. 29 (pt.), pi. iii. (animal) (1843: India; habits;: Blyth, 

 J. A. S. B. XX. p. 155 (1851 : Cevlon) ; Wagner, SchreI.er's 

 Siivy., Suppl. v. p. 594 (pt.) (1853-55 : Bengal) ; ' Shortf, P. Z.S. 

 1863, p. 438 (1864: Couleeveram, nr. Madras; habits). 



Pteropus kelaarti (pt.), Gray, Cat. Monk. ^c. p. 104 (skin, not 

 skull) (1870 : Ceylon). 



Characters. — Fur very short: rigid and closely adprcssed on 

 back; longest hairs of back about 8-12, mantle J0-I4, belly 

 9-11 mm. 



* Misspelt Pt. cdu'ursii. 



